On a January day in 1909, a dedicated lawman in Mobile, Alabama, met a violent and untimely end. Deputy Philip Fatch, a 40-year-old male, was attempting to serve a warrant for assault and battery alongside another deputy. As they approached the subject of the warrant, the man suddenly produced a handgun and began firing.
In the ensuing chaos, Deputy Fatch was struck in the abdomen, and his partner was wounded in the ankle. Despite their injuries, both deputies returned fire, hitting the a
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